Workplace Injuries Down 7th Year in a Row

The U.S. Department of Labor reports that workplace injuries and illnesses declined nationally for the seventh year in 1999. The rate for 1999 was the lowest since the Bureau began reporting this information in the early 1970s . Though employment rose 2% in 1999, injuries and illnesses dropped 4%, which meant that 200,000 more workers went home without a job-related injury or illness than in 1998 according to the Department. Of the 5.7 million total injuries and illnesses reported in 1999, about 2.7 million were lost workday Cases. 5.3 million were injuries, .4 million were reported a...